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1935 MLB AL standings
The Detroit Tigers won the 1935 American League pennant race at 93-58, 3 games ahead of the New York Yankees.
🏆How the 1935 playoffs went
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AL standings, 1935
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
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| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 93 | 58 | .616 | - | 3-7 | L2 |
| New York Yankees (NYY) | 89 | 60 | .597 | 3 | 8-2 | W1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 82 | 71 | .536 | 12 | 8-2 | W1 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 78 | 75 | .510 | 16 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 74 | 78 | .487 | 19.5 | 4-6 | W2 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 67 | 86 | .438 | 27 | 4-6 | L1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 65 | 87 | .428 | 28.5 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 58 | 91 | .389 | 34 | 3-7 | W1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 10 times.
- The Detroit Tigers trailed by as many as 7.5 games on June 20, 1935.
- The Detroit Tigers took first place for good on July 26, 1935.
- The Detroit Tigers won 10 games in a row from June 30, 1935 to July 7, 1935, the longest run of the race.
- The New York Yankees led by 5.5 games as late as June 20, 1935.
- The Detroit Tigers led by as many as 10 games on September 7, 1935.
- The Detroit Tigers went 29-10 from July 17, 1935 to August 27, 1935, turning a deficit of 2.5 games into a lead of 9.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 37 of the 154 days played.
- The Detroit Tigers spent 66 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.